Sportster 1800 water in engine compartment

[willardsp]

Our Seadoo Sportster 1800 started up last weekend when my girlfriend and her parents took it out. My girlfriends dad left the battery switch on so I was fully expecting it to need a charge. What I wasnt expecting was the engine compartment to be full of water. We got a jump box and tried to start it up but with no luck. Our next step was to pull it out of the wet slip and run the bilge till it emptied. After all the water was out, still no luck. Finally we even replaced the whole battery and still nothing. Any thoughts? Could the water have flooded the pistons or shorted the electrical system?

Thanks,
Steve

 

[Seadoobuddy]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

If the water got high enough then the motor could be flooded aka Hydrolocked.

Did the motor crank but just not start on you?

check all the fuse boxes for water infiltration.

 

[RFoster130]

Check the electrical box, if water got high enough to fill it, you could have major problems.

 

[jsp]

When you say "filled the engine compartment". How much water are you talking about. When I hear that I think of a sportster sittin like it has 4 fat ladies dancin on the swim platform.....

Did your girlfriend forget to put the hull plug in? Or are your carbon seals leaking like a siv

 

[Dr Honda]

This is why seadoo says to not leave their boats in the water. The driveshaft seals leak by design.


Anyway... the questions above need answered. If water was higher than the bottom of the driveshafts... yes... the engines could have water in them... or the starters are rusted up.